“You grow up being a Christian and you grow up believing homosexuality is a sin; you’re going to hell if you’re a homosexual. This is something that they teach in churches. So it’s something that I grew up believing,” she told Menendez last week. “I might not agree with your lifestyle, but I love you. You may not agree with my lifestyle, but you love me.”

Yesterday, during an episode of “The View”, she informed the audience and her co-hosts that her views may have been misrepresented by the media:

“I’m truly sorry to anyone I’ve offended with the viewpoints I expressed on Alicia Menendez Tonight on the Fusion network,” Shepherd said. “My interview was misrepresented, and only a portion of my comments were used as a headline to give the impression that I was condemning members of the LGBT community living in their own truth. In the interview, I express I was raised as a child to have a certain set of beliefs, but my beliefs have evolved significantly as my own personal relationship with Christ has increased.”

“I believe that love is the grace of all things and I have no desire to judge anybody by who they are,” she continued. “I’m a person of compassion and anyone who knows me knows that I love, I accept, I embrace everybody who has love in their hearts. So I love you.”

Shepherd still probably thinks you’re going to hell if you’re gay, though. But she’s sorry. I guess we can blame her Christian lifestyle. Maybe she should talk to a few of her fellow Christians that aren’t homophobic. People need to stop using religion as an excuse. If she was basing her whole life on what the bible taught her, I find it hard to believe that Shepherd still believes people should be slaves and women are not their husband’s equal.